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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 624, October 6, 1959 ]

AUTHORIZING THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM AND LIBRARY, INC., TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL FUND AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 14 TO NOVEMBER 30, 1959

WHEREAS, our concern for our country’s future demands that more efforts be devoted to developing our children into good and useful citizens;

Whereas, it is necessary to provide the facilities and opportunities to cultivate the talents and other faculties of the potential leaders of our future generations;

WHEREAS, the Children’s Museum and Library, Inc., is dedicated to the well-being of our children;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, do hereby authorize the Children’s Museum and Library, Inc., to conduct a national fund and educational drive, during the period from October 14 to November 30, 1959. I call upon all citizens and residents of the Philippines, irrespective of nationality or creed, to assist in this humanitarian campaign by giving generously of their means so that we may insure the success of this venture. I authorize government officials and employees, including school authorities and teachers, to accept, for the Children’s Museum and Library, Inc., fund-raising responsibilities and to give it active support and leadership in their respective communities.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourteenth.

CARLOS P. GARCIA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

ENRIQUE C. QUEMA
Assistant Executive Secretary

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